[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Ancient Egyptian settlement found in Kharga Oasis [ABlogAboutHistory] A substantial Egyptian settlement has been found in Kharga Oasis, Egypt. D.I.Y. stone tools: A how-to video of a technology that helped our species succeed [Scientific American] Space [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Bush Aide Mehlman: I'm Gay | News | Advocate.com Ken Mehlman, President Bush's 2004 campaign manager and the former Republican National Committee chairman, has come out in an interview with The Atlantic… "It's taken me 43 [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Fire Alan Simpson [Paul Krugman] When you have a commission dedicated to the common good, and the co-chair dismisses Social Security as a “milk cow with 310 million tits,” you either have to get rid of [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Memo to Fauxheads: Before you get worked up over imam's remarks, check the Iraq body count. We do have blood on our hands. [Crooks and Liars - David Neiwert - with statistics] James C. Christensen [lines [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] How to Tell When Your Boss Is Lying [Lifehacker - Adam Pash] Two researchers at Stanford's Graduate School of Business pored through 30,000 conference calls made by CEOs and CFOs over a period of four years, [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Narratives about subversion and contamination in the Park51 controversy [Pandagon - Amanda Marcotte] There are a lot of interesting points made in this video from Rachel Maddow’s show on Monday, mainly about how blatant racism has [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Controlling Your Environment Makes You Happy – Joel on Software I'm not going to give you "Zen and the Art of UI Design". It's not art, it's not Buddhism, it's just a set of rules. [This [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Binary stars could be causing massive planetary collisions [io9 - Alasdair Wilkins] Three different sets of binary stars – two stars locked in orbit around each other – are surrounded by huge clouds of dust. Astronomers [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] The Sun is changing the rate of radioactive decay, and breaking the rules of chemistry [io9 - Alasdair Wilkins] The Sun is changing the supposedly constant rates of decay of radioactive elements, and we have absolutely [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] The End of the Monopoly of Peer Review [Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog - JA Hodnicki] Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Is peer review going the way of the dodo? The NY Times reports on some [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Recalling ‘Green Book,’ Guide for Black Travelers – NYTimes.com For almost three decades beginning in 1936, many African-American travelers relied on a booklet to help them decide where they could comfortably eat, sleep, buy gas, find [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Religious Leaders Come Together to Support Mosque [Firedoglake - Jane Hamsher] The campaign website for Stop the War on Prayer can be found here. [link] 3-year-old Saves Dad by Walking to Fire Station for Help [FreeRangeKids [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Where to Get the Best Free Education Online Top 10 Ways Your Brain Is Sabotaging You (and How to Beat It) An unexamined brain is a tricky thing to carry around. You've got unintentional biases, marketing [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Use The Hierarchy of Cleaning to Prioritize Chores [Lifehacker - Jason Fitzpatrick] Keeping a house, or even a modest apartment, in tip-top shape can feel overwhelming. The Hierarchy of Cleaning aims to help you prioritize your [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Everybody needs a laugh: Comics for Us Library Theme ComicsGeek Theme ComicsSocial Media Theme Comics Prop 8 Trial Tracker looking for some great new writers: Now taking nominations and applications Fox host: Muslims should 'give up [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Dangerous security flaw patched in Linux 10 Common Mistakes Made by API Providers Slow and Steady: Astronomy Advisory Report Charts a Long Road for Exoplanet Science [Scientific American] The study of planets outside the solar system [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Is it okay to date your brother’s wife’s cousin? Flowchart it. [FlowingData - Nathan Yau] Dating can be tough. What should you talk about? Where should you go? Most importantly, should you even be dating that [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] The Carbuncle Cup Awards The UK’s Ugliest New Buildings [OMGWTF -L] So Retro: 15 Vintage-Inspired Website Designs Driven to Create: Hubcap Art In Memoriam: Mary Anne Warren [Reproductive Rights Blog] Via Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Right Wing identity politics in the Obama era should not surprise anyone [Hullabaloo - digby] Adam Serwer has written a good post today about Obama and political identity. It hits many of the same points Will [...]
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[Whoops, backlog from over the weekend. -L] 8/19, 10am: Mission Accomplished [Hullabaloo - digby] It was very moving watching the US troop exodus TV show yesterday. Except for all the troops and contractors left inside the country you would have thought that the whole expensive mess was over. [...] Makes you want to run into [...]
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